Article-holder



R. E. PERKINS.

ARTICLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION man JAN. Is, 1920.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD E. PERKINS, 0F JOPLIN, MISSOURI.

ARTICLE-HOLDER.

Application fil ed January 15, 1920.

T 0 all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD E. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Joplin, in the county of Jasper and slate of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Article-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in article holders and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with pencils, and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character having means whereby the same may be effectively and conveniently held by a garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this general character wherein the pencil or other writing implement engaged therewith is effectively held against accidental displacement and wherein the writing end or point of implement is protected against injury even under severe strain or against a heavy blow.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved holder whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may, be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a holder constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation of the device as herein embodied.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 41 is a sectional view-taken substan*- tially on the line 4lt of Fig.1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

My improved holder as herein included comprises an elongated sheet of material, preferably metal, possessing a certain de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Serial No. 351,589.

gree of inherent resiliency and which comprises the back or rear plate 1 divided substantially midway thereof with a plurality I I of longitudinally disposed and transversely separated corrugations 2 and said corrugations 2 preferably extending beyond the forward face of the back plate or portion 1. The upper end portion of the plate 1 is returned to provide a wing or plate 3 and the bend 4 connecting said wing or plate 3 and the back plate 4 has disposed therethrough a plurality of openings 5 in order to lessen the stiffness or tension of the device at the bend to facilitate the functioning of the device.

The wing or plate 3 is provided with a central of the openings 6. These members transversely with respect to the back plate 1. Struck from or otherwise carried by the back plate 1 are the rearwardly directed plate 1 is returned to provide a front plate 8 overlying the lower portion of the plate 1. Said plate 8 is also preferably provided with the longitudinally disposed and transversely spaced corrugations 9 for reinforcing said plate and opposed to the corrugations 2, said corrugations projecting in a direction toward the back plate 1. The upper or free end portion of the front plate 8 is provided with a plurality of transversely spaced flat extensions or arms 10 continued by the stalls 11. The arms or extensions 10 serve as tensioning means to cause the stalls 11 to be constantly urged toward the back plate 1. The stalls 11 are substantially semicircular in cross section and of a length to terminate above the upper end of the back plate 1. The upper end portion of each of the stalls 11 is outwardly flared, as at 12, in order to facilitate the insertion between such stall and the back plate 1 of a pencil or other writing implement. In applying a pencil to my improved holder, the point is first inserted between a stall 11 and the back plate 1 and said pencil is preferably forced downwardly a distance sufficient to have an end portion thereof received between adjacent corrugations 2 and 9 whereby said corrugations in addition to serving as a stiffening or reinforcing means also afford guides for an inserted pencil or other writing implement.

The lower free marginal portion of the wing or plate 3 at substantially its center is bulged or raised outwardly, as at 14, to provide means whereby a thumb or other digit of a hand may be effectively engaged with said wing or plate 3 when it is desired to move the same in a direction away from the back plate 1 in order to disengage the holder from applied position.

lVhen a pencil is applied within my improved holder, the point thereof is effectively protected from breaking under all conditions and particularly when the holder is subjected to severe strain or a heavy blow.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a holder constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. Aholder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, the portion of the back plate immediately adjacent to the wing being provided with openings.

2. A holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, said wing being provided with an opening and an outstanding member carried by the back plate at sub stantially the central portion of the opening in the wing.

3. A holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end. portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, said wing being provided with an opening, and an outstanding member carried by the back plate at substantially the central portion of the opening in the wing, said member being arcuate in form and U-shape in cross section with the side flanges extending in a direction toward the wing.

4. A. holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the oppositeend portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, the opposed portions of the back plate and the front plate being provi ded with longitudinally directed and transversely spaced corrugations.

5. A holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, the opposed portions of the back plate and the front plate being provided with reinforcing means.

6. A holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free endof the front plate and coacting with the back plate, the opposed portions of the back plate and the front plate being provided with reinforcing means, said means serving as guides.

7. A holder of the class described comprising a back plate having one end portion directed to provide a wing to overlie the rear face of said plate, the opposite end portion being extended upwardly to provide a front plate overlying the lower portion of the back plate, and a stall carried by the free end of the front plate and coacting with the back plate, said back plate and wing being provided with coacting gripping means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

7 RICHARD E. PERKINS. 

